Federal Justice in the Mid-Atlantic South: United States Courts from Maryland to the Carolinas, 1836-1861 (Legal History Series)

by Peter Fish

This sweeping exploration in eight richly illustrated parts meticulously traces the antebellum development and performance of the federal judiciary across five judicial districts and, until 1842, three separate circuits within the bounds of the modern but historic U. S. Fourth Circuit (Maryland, Virginia-West Virginia, and the Carolinas). A variety of sources, data, and approaches are used to explain the politics of circuit and court organization...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611636019
• ISBN13: 9781611636017
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
• Length: 766 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 2.0" x 8.8"